Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explains why it's not always best practice to treat a fever. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: https://www.medcram.com/
(This video was recorded on January 23rd, 2025)
Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com/
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
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Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 2, ending January 11, 2025 (CDC) | https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-02.html
Preliminary Estimated Flu Disease Burden 2024-2025 Flu Season (CDC) | https://www.cdc.gov/flu-burden/php/data-vis/2024-2025.html
How to take your temperature (Mayo Clinic) | https://www.mayoclinic.org/how-to-take-temperature/art-20482578
As We See It (Life & Health) | https://northernlightshealtheducation.com/media_download/Life%20and%20Health%20Spanish%20Flu.pdf
Early Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Lambda for Covid-19 (NEJM) | https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2209760
Hyperthermia in humans enhances interferon-gamma synthesis and alters the peripheral lymphocyte population (Journal of interferon research) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3132509/
Body temperature variation controls pre-mRNA processing and transcription of antiviral genes and SARS-CoV-2 replication (Nucleic Acids Research) | https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/50/12/6769/6609820#google_vignette
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